He charged that the exercise was aimed at targeting people of Bihari origin and has stressed that the move will play around with citizen’s rights, liberty and the Constitution.

“Mr Prime Minister, we have survived as a vibrant democracy and as a nation because of our Constitution. We cannot tamper with the basic rights that are given to citizens,” the Bihar Chief Minister, in a three-page letter questioning the alleged move of the Delhi Government, has cautioned.

Kumar has remarked that through the proposed measure, there was an attempt to turn Delhi into a ‘police state’ and has feared that its repercussions could be dangerous. He has opined that the civil and political wings should not get influenced by the uniformed cadres without assessing the incumbent dangers.

“I suspect that failure on the police and intelligence fronts are being covered up in the name of security and there is an attempt to turn Delhi into a police state. We need not look far, only to our neigbours to understand what happens when the civil and political wings get influenced by the uniformed cadres and smart salutes. Let us not tread into such dangerous areas without assessing their repercussions and fallouts,” the letter to the Prime Minister underlines.

Kumar, who has been fiercely propagating Bihari sub-nationalism, has charged that the exercise appeared to be anti-Bihari despite the fact that people from the state have contributed immensely to Delhi’s development.